Step by Step, A Little Better with Yourself
Endurance: Illustrated Stoicism
Curated Project & Illustration Contribution
2025-2026
Step by Step, A Little Better with Yourself This piece is my personal contribution to a beautiful collaboration “Endurance: Illustrated Stoicism” between Editura Seneca and the Romanian Illustrators’ Club, where I’m both a member and the curator for this project.
We brought together 19 illustrators — each with their own path, style and life experience — to respond visually to 19 themes about contemporary life. The same questions received 19 different, independent answers. No single “right” solution, just many honest perspectives. Together they form 19 unique fanzines — each a personal, standalone response to one of the 19 themes.
Editura Seneca chose the themes, shaping them as short, direct statements rooted in philosophy and everyday truths.
For my work, on the theme “Pas cu pas, un pic mai bun cu tine”, I used mixed media.
We made this project because we believe illustration can do more than decorate — it can open quiet, real conversations with ourselves and others. I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but working on this reminded me how much small, patient steps forward matter, even when they feel uncertain. I hope the images invite the same gentle reflection in whoever sees them.
